Why you'd want to live in Lake Belton

Introduction to Belton, Texas Belton, Texas, in Bell county, is 7 miles W of Temple, Texas and 57 miles N of Austin, Texas. The city is in the Killeen- Temple area. Belton History Belton was originally founded in 1850 as the county seat for Bell County. Within ten years, the region had a school, courthouse, hotel, church, saloon, stores and other businesses. The courthouse that stands in the town today was built in 1886. The Baylor Female College, later renamed the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, was chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas. via citytowninfo